嶋
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Meaning: used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima
💡 Think of 'island' (島) with a mountain (山) replacing the bird—an island with a peak.
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Character Story & Explanation
The character 嶋 (dǎo) is a variant of 島 (dǎo, 'island'), but in modern Japanese, it is almost exclusively used as the second component of surnames or place names, pronounced -shima or -jima. It appears in names like 田嶋 (Tajima) or 小嶋 (Kojima). In Chinese, it is rarely used and considered a non-standard variant.
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